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brooks is not listening to the same people i'm listening to which are my constituents. i don't think the message that he got from the november election was the same message i got. now we're spending 43 cents out of every dollar is borrowed money. the national debt's $14.3 trillion and threatens a sovereign debt crisis unless we deal with it and there's no national monetary fund to big the united states out if we turn out like greece. it's premature to be beclairing who is reasonable and not. negotiations really didn't start seriously until the president himself got personally engaged and ultimately only he and mitch mcconnell and john boehner are the ones that are able to make a deal. it's going to have to pass through the house of representatives and it's going to have to pass through the senate. that's why i think when president clinton said it may be too late to get a comprehensive dole and only a mini deal done to kick the can down the road but to get the cuts we can, that may be the practical outcome here. it's really too early to say. >> what about pocketing what
brooks is not listening to the same people i'm listening to which are my constituents. i don't think the message that he got from the november election was the same message i got. now we're spending 43 cents out of every dollar is borrowed money. the national debt's $14.3 trillion and threatens a sovereign debt crisis unless we deal with it and there's no national monetary fund to big the united states out if we turn out like greece. it's premature to be beclairing who is reasonable and not....
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we want to say good night tonight and good luck rather to our long time producer brooke bra brauer who is moving ton be a producer. more politics ahead with al sharpton. >>> a wake-up call for the econ kon my. it is about jobs, not cuts. we know the republican agenda is driving the economy off the cliff. and now is the time to change the conversation in washington. and debt fight dubbed president obama have a secret plan to get a deal? >>> plus, michele bachmann's attempt to go main stream is over. her sickening true colors came out today. >>> and murdock's mess, his phone-hacking scandal deepens. can he survive it? what does itean for fox news? >>> welcome to the show. tonight's lead, we need to stop having the wrong conversation on jobs. the new jobs numbers came out today. and they are good. unemployment hit 9.2%. and if we needed any more proof, here it is again. the republican approach of tax cuts and huge spending cuts is all wrong. we democrats are doing what you wanted. but this jobs report swwake-up call. there is not a singed jobs bill since they took power and they block the
we want to say good night tonight and good luck rather to our long time producer brooke bra brauer who is moving ton be a producer. more politics ahead with al sharpton. >>> a wake-up call for the econ kon my. it is about jobs, not cuts. we know the republican agenda is driving the economy off the cliff. and now is the time to change the conversation in washington. and debt fight dubbed president obama have a secret plan to get a deal? >>> plus, michele bachmann's attempt to...
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brooks, conservative columnists, is saying come on. you are marginalizing yourself. can't even you even hear from your own people that ideal logically agreed with the republican line. >> well, look, reverend sharpton, you showed some polls a minute ago that showed 70 or 8 30ers don't agree with republican owns this or that or the other thing. if the republicans are standing up for their convictions and beliefs against the tide of public opinion, it may be political courage an political decision. i don't agree that brooks is a great conservative, al. i think i'm known as a conservative. but let me talk about bill's points. you mentioned yourself, al, let's go back to bush rates. you are talking about raising taxes. we don't believe when the economy, when guys are out of work, 16% of our labor force is underemployed or unemployed, do you hammer the private economy. one more point. you mentioned yachts. i don't have a yacht. >> mentioned yachts. you mentioned airplanes. >> i went to bay water boats in georgia. they used to make a hundred boats a year. they were making o
brooks, conservative columnists, is saying come on. you are marginalizing yourself. can't even you even hear from your own people that ideal logically agreed with the republican line. >> well, look, reverend sharpton, you showed some polls a minute ago that showed 70 or 8 30ers don't agree with republican owns this or that or the other thing. if the republicans are standing up for their convictions and beliefs against the tide of public opinion, it may be political courage an political...
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this is david brooks from "the new york times." the republican party has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical governing alternative. if you ask them to raise taxes an inch to cut government spending by a foot, they'll say no. to members of this, tax levels are everything. members have taken a small piece of economic policy and turned it into a sacred fixation. if you were offered for revenue increases of some kind, would you say no because you don't want revenue increases? >> i would love to do tax reform. i hate the fact we use it for social engineering. number four on the contract from america, which is a tea party manifesto of sorts, is fundamental tax reform. so we're all for that, but this is a spending problem. this is a -- >> you would accept a very good deal? >> why would you -- >> would you accept a deal? >> would you talk about revenue -- >> no, in other words, saying we won't accept revenue increase under any deal. >> i'm saying if they put real spending on the table then we
this is david brooks from "the new york times." the republican party has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical governing alternative. if you ask them to raise taxes an inch to cut government spending by a foot, they'll say no. to members of this, tax levels are everything. members have taken a small piece of economic policy and turned it into a sacred fixation. if you were offered for revenue increases of some kind, would you say no...
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there was a lot of talk about having the former editor, rebecca brooks, let go in some way. she's now a key executive for rupert murdoch but she was on watch at the time that most of the egregious, allegedly egregious hacking incidents took place. you referred to the hacking of the phone numbers of relatives of crime victims, murder victims, that sort of thing. the relatives of soldiers slain in iraq and afghanistan also allegedly hacked. that's the thing about this story. it's one thing to say that celebrities and athletes and politicians' numbers were hacked. they are not particularly sympathetic figures for the general public. but when you talk about members of the general public, just people, just victims, people grieving over the recent knowledge that a loved one has been killed, that's something that everybody on all sides of the aisle have called appalling and deplorable and unacceptable. the statement by james murdoch today, i just had a chance to read it through. it's a long, perhaps 1500 word statement. in it, he says the good things that the "news of the world" do
there was a lot of talk about having the former editor, rebecca brooks, let go in some way. she's now a key executive for rupert murdoch but she was on watch at the time that most of the egregious, allegedly egregious hacking incidents took place. you referred to the hacking of the phone numbers of relatives of crime victims, murder victims, that sort of thing. the relatives of soldiers slain in iraq and afghanistan also allegedly hacked. that's the thing about this story. it's one thing to say...
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joining us now, a "washington post" columnist as brookings institution. e.j., good to see you. >> good to be here. i think all the money's going to thaddeus mccotter. wait until july 15th, from his appearances on this show. >> thaddeus mccotter, i feel like, is a special favor to me from god. i must have done something good in a past life. some ancestor of mine did. he's rinning for president. weird videos, with the guitar, showing weird nylon socks. >> where did he ge the guitar? >> talks about profit tags. is it possible outside groups are a more attractive spot instead of the candidates? is that possible? >> it sure looks that way. what you're seeing among republicans, a lot more enthusiasm for the proposition let's beat barack obama than for the propositions let's elect one ever these other people. as republicans know they want to win the election but they're not really satisfied with any of these candidates, and i think one indication of that is that every time a new name goes out there, whether serious or not, donald trump, unserious, rick perry, ha
joining us now, a "washington post" columnist as brookings institution. e.j., good to see you. >> good to be here. i think all the money's going to thaddeus mccotter. wait until july 15th, from his appearances on this show. >> thaddeus mccotter, i feel like, is a special favor to me from god. i must have done something good in a past life. some ancestor of mine did. he's rinning for president. weird videos, with the guitar, showing weird nylon socks. >> where did he...
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brooks, this is your party, like it or not. david and eugene rum, columnist for the post. you and i spoke about this a few months ago, you were saying it's irresponsible for the white house to even imply there would be a default or republicans would take it to the edge of default because it was such a sure thing this will be ironed out and the debt ceiling would be raised. are you still a believer in that? >> i am astounded we have come to where we are. we are heading towards a crisis of unimaginable proportions, we didn't believe it would come to that, it couldn't, and the behavior of the republican party through all this has been pretty shocking. that said, it needs to be understood the president's own weakness has invited a lot of this problem. the republican party is a collectivity, it doesn't have a single decision maker. the white house has unity. his weakness has empowered the most radical people in the republican party, people like john cornen. he has to worry about primary challenges. every time the president has retreated in the way he has, he's proven john corne
brooks, this is your party, like it or not. david and eugene rum, columnist for the post. you and i spoke about this a few months ago, you were saying it's irresponsible for the white house to even imply there would be a default or republicans would take it to the edge of default because it was such a sure thing this will be ironed out and the debt ceiling would be raised. are you still a believer in that? >> i am astounded we have come to where we are. we are heading towards a crisis of...
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. >> this week david brooks which i'm sure you're familiar with this article in "the new york times" saying quote, if responsible republicans don't take control independents will conclude that republican fanaticism caused the default. they will conclude that republicans are not fit to govern and they will be right, end quote. so are republicans giving too much weight to the tea party caucus right now? what do you think? >> i don't think so. if you paid attention, i know you did and jamal did to the elections last year, we saw a lot of democrats campaigning not to raise taxes in a time of recession. that that would be a jobs killer. an economic mess for us. and we want to listen to those democrats who push that in november, certainly a lot of republicans did as well or republican leadership pushes that. that's good and proper. we want to remember that the bush tax cuts as they're called really have become democrat tax cuts. they were signed into law and passed by a democrat house and senate. >> as we look at this very important chapter this debate over the debt, august 2nd has been pu
. >> this week david brooks which i'm sure you're familiar with this article in "the new york times" saying quote, if responsible republicans don't take control independents will conclude that republican fanaticism caused the default. they will conclude that republicans are not fit to govern and they will be right, end quote. so are republicans giving too much weight to the tea party caucus right now? what do you think? >> i don't think so. if you paid attention, i know...
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. >> david brooks refers to the republican party as not a normal party if they won't take this deal. pretty rough language for somebody that was hired by the times to represent the republican view. he's not a conservative, but is it true that john boehner doesn't have the credibility to sell a deal to his tea party caucus the way he did the cr and the other two in the same way. maybe it's a higher bar he has to meet. >> i think he does. the issue is members of congress and the house, more than anything else want to be re-elected. >> they do? >> some of them do. i don't know if that's true. >> my point is this, having worked at the nrcc, what you see basically is three change elections in a row. people are afraid in terms of how this could all flesh out. people don't want to be for any kind of tax cut, particularly in a year how things are going to work for the party. there's concern and i think that's why you're seeing republicans so dug in. >> house republicans already have a vote that they've taken earlier this year on the ryan budget. >> they don't like it. >> and it's a vote that
. >> david brooks refers to the republican party as not a normal party if they won't take this deal. pretty rough language for somebody that was hired by the times to represent the republican view. he's not a conservative, but is it true that john boehner doesn't have the credibility to sell a deal to his tea party caucus the way he did the cr and the other two in the same way. maybe it's a higher bar he has to meet. >> i think he does. the issue is members of congress and the...
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i mean, when we look at this situation, and david brooks said it best, that the deal the democrats put on the table is essentially a no-brainer, right? they want a 3 to 1 ratio of tax revenue to spending cuts. that's three times as much spending cuts as tax revenue. and these folks walked away from the deal. i think we need to reorder our understanding of the stimulus package. the stimulus came into place to plug holes that were left in our gaping economy as a result of the real estate implosion. and if you look at the short term versus the long term effects of this, if we did not repair our economy in the ways in which democrats are proposing, what's going to happen, you're going to see after school care, other social services programs diminished. they want to eradicate the child care credit. the hours of 3:00 and 6:00 are the most vital hours for kids in terms of teenage pregnancy and other issues. >> the president continues to put out the olive branchs and have an aim yabl tone about it. can we expect anything from this meeting that's going to take place tomorrow? will there be any
i mean, when we look at this situation, and david brooks said it best, that the deal the democrats put on the table is essentially a no-brainer, right? they want a 3 to 1 ratio of tax revenue to spending cuts. that's three times as much spending cuts as tax revenue. and these folks walked away from the deal. i think we need to reorder our understanding of the stimulus package. the stimulus came into place to plug holes that were left in our gaping economy as a result of the real estate...
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rebecca brooks agreed to testify but the murdochs initially balked. some u.s. lawmakers are also calling for federal investigations into allegations news corp journalists hacked into the voice mail accounts of september 11th victims. senator robert menendez, a new jersey democrat, wrote to attorney general eric holder saying the possibility this happened is quote, horrifying. republican congressman peter king of new york described the alleged hacking as unjustifiable and parasitic. has news international responded to the 9/11 allegations? >> yes, they have. it's really important to point out that this stems from a report in a tabloid article last sunday here in the uk. in that report there was an unnamed source that spoke to an unnamed former police officer who alleges that he was approached by "news of the world" to tap the victims' phones from 9/11 and he said he denied it. very, very thin but it has gained some traction and that's why we're seeing u.s. lawmakers talking about it. when i spoke with news international this morning, they had this to say. they s
rebecca brooks agreed to testify but the murdochs initially balked. some u.s. lawmakers are also calling for federal investigations into allegations news corp journalists hacked into the voice mail accounts of september 11th victims. senator robert menendez, a new jersey democrat, wrote to attorney general eric holder saying the possibility this happened is quote, horrifying. republican congressman peter king of new york described the alleged hacking as unjustifiable and parasitic. has news...
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and that testimony will take place next week, and rebecca brooks will also testify, and former executive neil wallace became the ninth person arrested in connection with this tabloid scandal. here in the u.s., you may have already heard six senators and a congressman are now calling on the fbi to investigate allegations that "news of the world" reporters tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims and their families. "news international" has responded to the reports saying they have seen no evidence that these allegations are true. joining me to talk about it more nationally is syndicated radio host michael smerconish, and originally, we were heard that he would not be available, but now we will hear from rupert murdoch who was criticized by many who say he should have come out and said more sooner. >> what is interesting about this, tamron, you made reference to the concern of some that perhaps 9/11 victims were hacked into. it is not hacking into members of parliament or members of the royal family that really caused this to explode in the uk. it is the case of millie doweler who is
and that testimony will take place next week, and rebecca brooks will also testify, and former executive neil wallace became the ninth person arrested in connection with this tabloid scandal. here in the u.s., you may have already heard six senators and a congressman are now calling on the fbi to investigate allegations that "news of the world" reporters tried to hack into the phones of 9/11 victims and their families. "news international" has responded to the reports saying...
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david brooks said the republican party is becoming an abnormal party. they are the deal of the century. they get a conservative columnist to say that. you don't end up in the center. you have to be on the right. you have to offer the deal of the century. when the deal goes down, i don't think you are going to see a lot of happy democrats going around. >> what happens if john boehner says this sounds good, i think we'll get something done and he has 60 to 70 members of his caucus say no, no, we're not going along with it. >> if that's all he has, i will be shocked. >> you think there will be more? >> he had 50 or 60 during the government shutdown stuff. there was no revenue there. i would be shocked if that's as far as the defections go. >> as much as we look at this and focus on president obama and his political fortunes, all of these moments leading up to the moment is an extraordinary moment for john boehner. as you saw yesterday with the report in the new york times and eric cantor coming out, that is the leadership battle. eric cantor is waiting for
david brooks said the republican party is becoming an abnormal party. they are the deal of the century. they get a conservative columnist to say that. you don't end up in the center. you have to be on the right. you have to offer the deal of the century. when the deal goes down, i don't think you are going to see a lot of happy democrats going around. >> what happens if john boehner says this sounds good, i think we'll get something done and he has 60 to 70 members of his caucus say no,...